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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Rabbit Infestation
« on: January 14, 2009, 2100 UTC »
BANGKOK, Thailand – It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds.

But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday...

Wren said plans to eradicate both rabbits as well as rats and mice from the island will begin in 2010. Helicopters using global positioning systems will drop poisonous bait that targets all three pests. Later, teams will shoot, fumigate and trap the remaining rabbits, she said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_rabbit_infestation


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Re: Rabbit Infestation
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009, 0124 UTC »
* cmradio resists temptation to make a bunny swipe ;D

One can't mess with an ecology like that and not get nailed with unintended consequences :o

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Re: Rabbit Infestation
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 0615 UTC »
We're talkin' about the country who built the great "Rabbit Fence" across part of the continent 50-60 years ago not thinking about the fact that rabbits burrow under the ground.

Then they tried to poison them. That did a good job for a couple of years,but the survivors offspring were all immune to the poison and numbers were back to record levels in under a decade.

I'm not gonna go in to the Great Cane Toad Invasion,going on there now.

Those Aussies ought to stick to beer and bloomin' onions. Animals aren't their thing.
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Re: Rabbit Infestation
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2009, 0753 UTC »
Quote from: Pigmeat on January 16, 2009, 0615 UTC
We're talkin' about the country who built the great "Rabbit Fence" across part of the continent 50-60 years ago not thinking about the fact that rabbits burrow under the ground.

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You're kidding, right?

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA! ;D

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Re: Rabbit Infestation
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2009, 2207 UTC »
Nope.

They've got a Dingo Fence up currently to keep feral dogs from mixing with whats left of the pure Dingos. It's not working well either although they did go down a few feet into the ground with it this time. In 30-40 years there may not be such a thing as a wild Dingo.

There are a lot of wild cattle/hogs in Australia. They tear through the Dingo fences and the dogs follow.

I have an Australian aunt by marriage. Her tales of the  govt. wackiness she grew up with there are always a hoot.
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